M

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Orthographic Variants: 
macayac yca ximocacayaua, macayac yca ximocacayahua

do not lie, deceive, ridicule, or mock anyone (see Molina)

mɑːkɑjɑːk

let no one

James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 223.

mɑːkɑsomo

do not be (see Molina)

mɑːkɑsotɬein

do not let it be anything (see Molina)

mɑːkkɑuɑwitɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
māccuauhuitl

hand sword of wood edged with obsidian (see Karttunen)

mɑːseh
Orthographic Variants: 
māceh

particle cluster used in place of simple (see Karttunen)

commercial corn flour.
person whose hands are cold.
mɑːseseːpɑhtik
Orthographic Variants: 
mācecēpahtic

someone with cold, damp hans (see Karttunen)

to have one's hand fall asleep; or, to have numbness of the hands (see Molina)

for a person‘s or an animal’s hands to get numb.
mɑːsesepoktɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
mācecepoctli

elbow (see Karttunen)

for a person to get cold hands.
mɑhseːwɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
omotlalmacehuilico, maceua, maçeoa

to dance; to merit, get, or deserve that which is desired; to do penitence so as to become deserving; to receive as a grant

See also tlamacehua.

Orthographic Variants: 
maceuale

one who is worthy of favors or grants (see Molina)

mɑːseːwɑlistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
maceualiztli, maçeoaliztli

a dance, dancing in general (see Molina)

mɑːseːwɑllɑhtoɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
maceuallatoa

to speak without sophistication, rustically; so speak as a commoner (see Molina)

mɑːseːwɑllɑhtoɑːni
Orthographic Variants: 
maceuallatoani

he who talks rudely, or in a disrespectful way (see Molina)

mɑːseːwɑllɑhtoːlistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
maceuallatoliztli

rude and vulgar speech; commoners' speech (see Molina)

the language of the commoners; popular language

Katarzyna Mikulska Dabrowska, "'Secret Language' in Oral and Graphic Form: Religious-Magic Discourse in Actec Speeches and Manuscripts," Oral Tradition 25:3 (2010), 325–363, see page 327.